Shirt



Nov. 16 1926. 1,606,920-

B. BORNSTEIN HIRT Filed March 22, 1924 GU01 new,

Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHIRT.

Application filed March 22, 1924.

This invention relates to shirts and more especially to a garment of this character with which soft overturned collars are to be worn. Heretofore it has been the practice to sew buttons onto the front of the shirt for engagement with the flaps of the collar but these buttons become detached and lost in laundering and often pull from and injure the shirt.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a shirt with means whereby detachable buttons can be used for engagement with the flaps of the collar so that the objections heretofore present will be eliminated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, .the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of a shirt having a collar connected thereto, one of the flaps being upturned.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of one ofthe button engaging portions of the shirt.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Referring to the figures by characters of 5 reference 1 designates a portion of a shirt to which a collar 2 is adapted to be attached in the usual Way the points of the flaps of the collar being provided with button holes 3. Formed in the front of the shirt at 4 points directly back of the fla s attaching the collar are button holes 4 t e pockets 5 of which are provided back of these button holes by attaching small pieces 6 of material along three edges of the shirt so as to bridge the button holes 4. Detachable collar but- Serial No. 701.125.

tons 7 of any preferred kind are adapted to be inserted into the pockets 5 and thence through the button holes 4 so that the bases of the buttons will rest in the pockets 5 while the heads will project forwardly from the shirt. Thus these buttons can be engaged readily by the flaps of the collar 2 by inserting them through the button holes 2. lVhen the shirt is to be laundered the but tons can be removed. It will be noted that. the button holes 3 are vertically disposed in the collar 2 when the collar is in position on the shirt and that the button holes 4 are likewise vertically disposed. Thus when a. shirt stud or button is inserted through the registering button holes3 and 4 a considerable relative sliding movement of the ends of the collar relative to the shirt is permitted without pulling on the shirt and distorting it. Such movement might be due to backward pressure upon the collar by the neck when the head is thrown backward. Such an arrangement of button holes also allows for proper connection where there is slight variation in the shape or size of the collar.

What is claimed is p A shirt having parallel vertical button holes in the front portion thereof adjacent the collar band and at opposite sides of the center of the shirt front,'and a collar havingbutton holes in the slot portions thereof, said button holes being adapted to extend vertically in front of the respective button holes in the shirt front, each button hole in the collar adapted to receive a button removably mounted in the adjcent button hole in the shirt, the said button holes inthe shirt and collar cooperating, while in engagement with a button, to permit extended relative up and down movement of the collar flaps and the shirt. t

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

' BERNARD BORNSTEIN. 

